By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/KENDRAPARA: Days after BJD Zilla Parishad and District Planning Board member, Jyostnarani Jena had urged Kendrapara Collector Samarth Verma to take urgent steps to control the Coronavirus, district administration has increased the period of mandatory institutional quarantine to 14 days from one week amid a spike in COVID-19 cases. The district on Tuesday recorded 13 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 152.So far, around 22,000 migrant workers besides professionals, students, patients and pilgrims have returned to the district.
Migrant returnees in rural areas of the state are placed under seven-day institutional quarantine and another week of home isolation, while in urban areas, a 14-day home quarantine is mandatory.“The institutional quarantine period is increased as the administration has been receiving complaints of violation of home quarantine by people who returned from other states,” said Kendrapara Collector Samarth Verma said.
The district on Tuesday recorded 13 new coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 152. Of the fresh cases, 12 were reported from quarantine centres, while one tested positive in a containment zone.On Monday, Kendrapara had witnessed the highest single-day spike with 50 positive cases.
As a precautionary measure to contain the spread of the disease, the administration has placed the Kansara gram panchayat under containment zone, the collector said, allaying fears of community transmission in the district.The administration has readied 46,892 beds in 1,164 temporary health camps spread across 249 gram panchayats of the district, as authorities await more returnees from various parts of the country, he said.
Earlier, BJD Zilla Parishad and District Planning Board member, Jyostnarani Jena had urged Kendrapara Collector Samarth Verma to take urgent steps to control the Coronavirus. ZP Member Jyostnarani Jena suggested that the district administration should take steps for quarantine returnees and ensure their stay at local village schools and aganwadi centres after their release in 7-days to home. “Most positive cases, now coming from Quarantine returnees and home staying is suicidal for quarantine returnees in this time,” ZP Member Jyostnarani Jena said. There was no facility at home to adjust them it was better the district administration should take steps for quarantine returnees and ensure their stay at local village schools and aganwadi centres after 7-days at Quarantine centres, BJD Zilla Parishad and District Planning Board member, Jyostnarani Jena added.
